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Start of WWII

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Although bombed heavily, this country did not get defeated by Germany.

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

England

2.

The American policy of giving other Allied powers military equipment and supplies without sending troops.

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Lend-Lease

c)

Borrow-Rent

d)

Money Lending

3.

He was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Winston Churchill

4.

Name three Allied Powers that fought together in WWII.

a)

USSR (Russia)

b)

Japan

c)

United States

d)

Great Britain (England)

5.

Name three Axis Powers that fought together in WWII.

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

Italy

6.

This country began the war as an Axis Power, but switched to the Allies when Hitler broke his agreement.

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Soviet Union (USSR)

d)

Mexico

7.

He was the President of the United States at the beginning of WWII.

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

8.

He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain (England) during WWII.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

9.

What was the purpose of this propaganda poster?

a)

To encourage women to support the war effort by working in factories.

b)

To encourage women to vote.

c)

To encourage women to join the military as soldiers.

d)

To encourage women to stay at home and plant victory gardens.

10.

What was the purpose of this propaganda poster?

a)

To encourage women to vote.

b)

To encourage men to join the armed forces.

c)

To encourage African-Americans to move to the North and get jobs in factories.

d)

To encourage men to pay their taxes on time.

11.

Who is depicted in this propaganda poster?

a)

Rosie the Factory Worker

b)

Rosie the Ship Builder

c)

Rosie the Ripper

d)

Rosie the Riveter

12.

What event happened on December 7, 1941?

a)

Japan entered WWII

b)

Japanese-Americans were rounded up on the west coast and sent to internment camps.

c)

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

d)

The Dust Bowl occurred in the American Midwest.

13.

What significant event happened after WWII in 1948?

a)

Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball.

b)

The United States Military became desegregated.

c)

Schools in the United States became desegregated.

d)

Children could join the military and fight as soldiers.

14.

The United States fought WWII in which two locations?

a)

European Theater

b)

Atlantic Theater

c)

Pacific Theater

d)

South American Theater

15.

Which group of African-American pilots who participated in dangerous missions during WWII.

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

The Rough Riders

c)

The Tuskegee Airmen

d)

Apollo 7